Snapshots (2018 film)

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Snapshots
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Directed by Melanie Mayron
Written byJan Miller Corran
Katherine Cortez
Story byJan Miller Corran
Produced byJan Miller Corran
Leeanne Matusek
Starring Piper Laurie
Brooke Adams
CinematographyMichael Negrin
Edited byJosh Rifkin
Music by David Michael Frank
Production
company
Three Women in a Box Films
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Release date
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Snapshots is a 2018 American independent drama film directed by Melanie Mayron and starring Piper Laurie and Brooke Adams.

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Reception

The film has a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [2]

Guy Lodge of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Snapshots wallows a little too readily in cliché to be quite as stirring as its story - one drawn from Corran's own family history - sounds on paper." [3]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review and wrote, "And while the pacing can be a little too leisurely at times, it doesn't prevent Snapshots from being a mature, reflective drama that is all the more effective for its restraint." [4]

Paul Parcellin of Film Threat also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Fortunately, the film avoids taking us down a predictable path and instead provides what feels like a more true to life recollection of days gone by." [5]

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References

  1. Basu, Rekha (8 May 2018). "Message of movie written by Des Moines native Jan Corran: 'Love is love is love is love'". The Des Moines Register . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "Snapshots". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. Lodge, Guy (31 July 2018). "Film Review: 'Snapshots'". Variety . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. Scheck, Frank (25 July 2018). "'Snapshots': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. Parcellin, Paul (27 July 2018). "Snapshots". Film Threat . Retrieved 18 July 2020.